Top 2025 Michigan football commit leaves the Wolverines for SEC school

Trent Knoop | Aug 23, 2024

A Michigan football helmet on the field during warmup at the spring game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, April 20, 2024. / Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK

The recruitment of four-star defensive lineman Nathaniel Marshall has been a rollercoaster for Michigan fans to follow. Marshall originally committed to the maize and blue back on April 22, but it didn't keep the Oak Park (IL) Fenwick product from looking around at other programs. At one point in time, it appeared Marshall was going to leave Michigan before he re-affirmed his commitment to the Wolverines after visiting back on May 31.

But the defensive lineman is officially on the move. There were a plethora of projections going out showing Marshall would leave Michigan and head south to Auburn. Marshall took an official to Auburn back on June 7

On Friday morning, Marshall announced he was heading to Auburn.

BREAKING: Four-Star DL Nate Marshall has Flipped his Commitment from Michigan to Auburn, he tells me for @on3recruits

The 6’4 250 DL from Oak Park, IL had been Committed to the Wolverines since April

“What Cam say? Indeed🦅”https://t.co/q6SSwqOBGY pic.twitter.com/k91PiUtZNX
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) August 23, 2024

It's a tough break for Michigan to lose Marshall from its 2025 class. He was the highest-ranked recruit the Wolverines had, according to the Composite. Marshall is listed as the No. 46 recruit in the class and the No. 6 defensive lineman. He is the second-rated player in the state of Illinois.

With Marshall leaving the Wolverines, Michigan still has three defensive linemen committed in the '25 cycle, including fellow Illinois lineman Jaylen Williams.

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